Improvement in embroidery-frames



E. w. KARKERQ EMBROIDERY FRAME.

Patented Feb. 29, 1876.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIGE.

ERNEST W. KARKER, OF. COLLEGE POINT, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN EMBROIDERY-FRAMES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 174,342, dated February29, 1876; application filed February 5, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST W. KARKER, of College Point, in the county ofQueens and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedEmbroidery-Frame, of which the following .is a specification:

The invention consists of a couple of parallel rollers in a vibrating=-frame for holding and adjusting the canvas as the work progresses, thesaid roller-frame being pivoted to a stand, which supports parallel rodsbelow the rollers, on which a work-box is fitted to slide along theframe from end to end for convenience of the operator. The roller-frameis pivoted to the stand by clamping-bolts and nuts, which hold theroller-frame at any required inclination.

The roller-frame may also be used for drawing maps and the like, and isadapted for being mounted on a stand, suitable for field use byengineers.

The rollers are in this example constructed in two parts longitudinallywith points or teeth for attaching the canvas or paper which is tolie-clamped between them, and having rings for holding the two partstogether.

Figure 1 is partly a plan view and partly a horizontal section of myimproved embroidery-frame, and Fig. 2 is a transverse section, taken online 00 w of Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre spending parts.

A represents the two rollers on which the canvas or paper isstretched,said rollers being mounted in the end pieces B,and havingaratchet,O, andpawl, D, for holding them to stretch I bolts I and clamp-nuts J, bywhich the frame can be tilted and secured in any required position. Thelower part of the stand has a couple of parallel rods, L, on which thework box N is mounted, so as to slide along the frame from end toend, asmay suit the con Venience of the workman.-

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters'Patent 1. The rollers A, constructed as described, andprovided with a ratchet, G, and pawl D, endpieces B, pivot-bolts I, nutsJ, and the stand M, all combined and arranged substantially asspecified.

2. The sliding work-box N and rods L, combined with the stand M androller-frameA B, substantially as specfied.

ERNEST W. KARKER.

Witnesses:

T. B. MOSHER, ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

